The USC Institute for Global Health aims to improve global health by educating future and current global health leaders, carrying out trans-disciplinary research, and assuring that the evidence collected informs policy and practice to make a difference.

The three institutions intend to work together towards the goal of fostering a world-class collaborative institute, which will be called Joint Institute for Mobile Innovations (JIMI). Viterbi School Senior Associate Dean Timothy Pinkston and Jonathan Samet, Director of the USC Institute for Global Health went to Uganda met with the President of Uganda, the Speaker of Parliament, the Director of the World Health Organization in Uganda, and the Inspector General of the Police, Kampala. More »